Jaime, Duke of Madrid

Jaime, Duke of Madrid (27 June 1870-2 October 1931) was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain from 18 July 1909 to 2 October 1931, succeeding Carlos VII of Spain and preceding Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime.

Biography
Jaime was born in Vevey, Switzerland in 1870, the son of King Carlos VII of Spain and Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma. When he was seventeen, he was supposed to marry the daughter of the late King Alfonso XII of Spain to end the dispute between the Carlists and Alfonsists, but he failed at several other attempts at betrothals, and he remained a lifelong bachelor. He studied in the United Kingdom and travelled the world, eventually entering the Imperial Russian Army in 1896. He served in a cavalry regiment in Odessa before transferring to Warsaw, and he fought in the Boxer Rebellion and in the Russo-Japanese War. He spent much of his time in exile in Warsaw, and he became the Carlist claimant to the throne in 1909 upon the former King Carlos VII of Spain's death. He was held under house arrest in Austria-Hungary during World War I due to his status as a French noble, and he died in exile in Paris, France in 1931 at the age of 61.